“I told myself that some families we get without asking, while others we choose. And I chose those two. I think thats what youd call a silver lining.”

“I thought about having a proper room,breathing life into it, and nobody minding.”

“Even when youd lost everything you thought there was to lose, somebody came along and gave you something for free.”

“Even when you’d lost everything you thought there was to lose, somebody came along and gave you something for free.”

“If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.”

“You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!”

“Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.”

“You're too good for this world, and because of that the world will eventually crush you.”

“But then you hear that he can't hear you, you see that he can't see you. You are not here--and you haven't even died yet. You see yourself through his eyes, as The Generic Woman, the skirted symbol...”

“Light makes invisible things manifest.”

“World is not like what you see”

“What you see is what suffices you”

“...when they look at me, I so badly want to be who they see.”